Saxifraga tridactylites, L.

27. S. tridactylites L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 404 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

A slender annual, usually somewhat glandular-hairy; stem up to 20 cm but often only 3-8 cm, branched except in depauperate plants. Basal leaves spathulate, entire, very small, not forming a rosette and withered at flowering time; cauline leaves cuneate, usually divided distally into 3 triangular-oblong lobes. Flowers in a lax, somewhat leafy cyme or panicle; pedicels much longer than flowers or fruits. Petals 2-3 mm, emarginate, white, about twice as long as the sepals. Capsule subglobose, with a rounded or truncate base. Seeds coarsely papillose. 2« = 22. Somewhat calcicole. Europe, except the extreme north and C. & E. Russia. All except Az Fa Is Rs (N, E) Sb.